Moeen Ali seizes moment to turn tide for England

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Ali took two wickets in the space of three balls at HeadingleyPhilip Brown/Reuters

John Westerby

Last updated at 12:01AM, June 23 2014

Alastair Cook may be the most sober and sensible of captains, at least until
Shane Warne enters the room, but yesterday he was urging his team in pursuit
of craziness. In that worryingly quiet time for England, while Kumar
Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena were threatening to take the game away,
Cook sought to remind his players that periods of calm in this game have
often been followed by flurries of activity.

“We always talk about a crazy half an hour that can change the game,” Moeen
Ali said last night. “He [Cook] pushes us to believe in that, we hang